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Creation of Mice Bearing a Partial Duplication of HPRT Gene Marked with a GFP Gene and Detection of Revertant Cells In Situ as GFP-Positive Somatic Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136041. [PMID: 26295470 PMCID: PMC4546575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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It is becoming clear that apparently normal somatic cells accumulate mutations. Such accumulations or propagations of mutant cells are thought to be related to certain diseases such as cancer. To better understand the nature of somatic mutations, we developed a mouse model that enables in vivo detection of rare genetically altered cells via GFP positive cells. The mouse model carries a partial duplication of 3’ portion of X-chromosomal HPRT gene and a GFP gene at the end of the last exon. In addition, although HPRT gene expression was thought ubiquitous, the expression level was found insufficient in vivo to make the revertant cells detectable by GFP positivity. To overcome the problem, we replaced the natural HPRT-gene promoter with a CAG promoter. In such animals, termed HPRT-dup-GFP mouse, losing one duplicated segment by crossover between the two sister chromatids or within a single molecule of DNA reactivates gene function, producing hybrid HPRT-GFP proteins which, in turn, cause the revertant cells to be detected as GFP-positive cells in various tissues. Frequencies of green mutant cells were measured using fixed and frozen sections (liver and pancreas), fixed whole mount (small intestine), or by means of flow cytometry (unfixed splenocytes). The results showed that the frequencies varied extensively among individuals as well as among tissues. X-ray exposure (3 Gy) increased the frequency moderately (~2 times) in the liver and small intestine. Further, in two animals out of 278 examined, some solid tissues showed too many GFP-positive cells to score (termed extreme jackpot mutation). Present results illustrated a complex nature of somatic mutations occurring in vivo. While the HPRT-dup-GFP mouse may have a potential for detecting tissue-specific environmental mutagens, large inter-individual variations of mutant cell frequency cause the results unstable and hence have to be reduced. This future challenge will likely involve lowering the background mutation frequency, thus reducing inter-individual variation.
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XU YANG, ZHU JIE, ZHOU BINGRONG, LUO DAN. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate decreases UVA-induced HPRT mutations in human skin fibroblasts accompanied by increased rates of senescence and apoptosis. Exp Ther Med 2012; 3:625-630. [PMID: 22969941 PMCID: PMC3438658 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Our study was designed to determine the protective effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on cultured human skin fibroblasts (HSFs) from multiple ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation-induced hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) mutant colony formation and its underlying mechanisms. In our study, the mutation frequency of the HPRT gene was examined by mutagenesis assay. Cell senescence was determined by histochemical staining of senescence-associated β-galactosidase. The apoptosis rate was detected by flow cytometry. EGCG decreased the UVA-induced HPRT gene mutation frequency by 47.85%. However, EGCG further increased the number of senescent cells by 38.92% and the apoptosis rate by 56.92% in HSFs. The photo-protective effect of EGCG on multiple UVA-exposed HSFs is related to a significant reduction in UVA-induced HPRT mutant cells. This may be caused by the induction of damaged cells to proceed to senescence and apoptosis.
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- YANG XU
- Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Dermatology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu,
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- Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
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He D, Uehara Y, Furuya M, Ikehata H, Komura JI, Yamauchi K, Kakinuma S, Shang Y, Shimada Y, Ootsuyama A, Norimura T, Ono T. Effects of calorie restriction on the age-dependent accumulation of mutations in the small intestine of lacZ-transgenic mice. Mech Ageing Dev 2011; 132:117-22. [PMID: 21300080 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To understand the effect of calorie restriction on genome maintenance systems, the age-dependent accumulation of mutations in animals maintained on high and low calorie diets was examined using lacZ-transgenic mice. Mice were fed a diet of 95 kcal/w or 65 kcal/w from 2 to 17 months of age. The mutation frequencies in the lacZ gene in epithelial tissues from the small intestine were examined at 12 and 17 months. Mutation frequencies were found to be lower in mice fed with a low calorie diet than in mice fed with a high calorie diet at the two age points. The molecular nature of the mutations was examined with DNA sequencing. It showed a predominance of transversions from G:C to T:A, and this is a typical type of mutation induced by reactive oxygen species. The fraction of this type of mutation among the different types of mutations detected was not affected by calorie restriction. The percentage of the other types of mutation was not influenced either. These results suggest that calorie restriction reduces the age-dependent accumulation of mutations by stimulating or inducing various types of DNA protection and repair systems rather than protecting cells against any specific type of DNA alteration.
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- Dongwei He
- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Jones IM, Burkhart-Schultz K, Strout CL, Nelson DO. Studies of thioguanine-resistant lymphocytes induced by in vivo irradiation of mice. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2008; 49:343-350. [PMID: 18418873 DOI: 10.1002/em.20388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The frequency of Hprt-deficient lymphocytes in mice after in vivo gamma irradiation, has been found to vary as a function of time elapsed after exposure and irradiation dose. The frequency of mutant lymphocytes in spleen was determined using an in vitro, clonogenic assay for thioguanine-resistant T-lymphocytes. Mice were exposed to single doses of 0-400 cGy from cesium-137 or to eight daily doses of 50 cGy. The time to maximum-induced mutant frequency was 3 weeks. The dose response was strikingly curvilinear at 3-5 weeks after irradiation, but less precisely defined for 10-53 weeks after exposure, being fit by either linear or quadratic dependence. Three weeks after eight daily 50 cGy exposures, mutant frequency was elevated above controls and mice exposed to 50 cGy (which were not distinct from the nonirradiated controls), but only 17% in that of mice given a single 400 cGy fraction. This fractionation effect and the curvilinearity of the early dose-response curve suggested that saturation of repair increased the yield of mutations at higher acute doses. The decline of spleen mutant frequency in mice observed between 5 and 10 weeks after irradiation may reflect selection against some mutants. The marked variation of mutant frequency, as a function of time after irradiation and of dose rate, emphasize the need to evaluate these variables carefully and consistently in future studies.
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- Irene M Jones
- Chemistry, Materials, Earth and Life Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA.
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Meadows SK, Dressman HK, Muramoto GG, Himburg H, Salter A, Wei Z, Ginsburg G, Chao NJ, Nevins JR, Chute JP. Gene expression signatures of radiation response are specific, durable and accurate in mice and humans. PLoS One 2008; 3:e1912. [PMID: 18382685 PMCID: PMC2271127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 02/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous work has demonstrated the potential for peripheral blood (PB) gene expression profiling for the detection of disease or environmental exposures. METHODS AND FINDINGS We have sought to determine the impact of several variables on the PB gene expression profile of an environmental exposure, ionizing radiation, and to determine the specificity of the PB signature of radiation versus other genotoxic stresses. Neither genotype differences nor the time of PB sampling caused any lessening of the accuracy of PB signatures to predict radiation exposure, but sex difference did influence the accuracy of the prediction of radiation exposure at the lowest level (50 cGy). A PB signature of sepsis was also generated and both the PB signature of radiation and the PB signature of sepsis were found to be 100% specific at distinguishing irradiated from septic animals. We also identified human PB signatures of radiation exposure and chemotherapy treatment which distinguished irradiated patients and chemotherapy-treated individuals within a heterogeneous population with accuracies of 90% and 81%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that PB gene expression profiles can be identified in mice and humans that are accurate in predicting medical conditions, are specific to each condition and remain highly accurate over time.
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- Sarah K. Meadows
- Division of Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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Dressman HK, Muramoto GG, Chao NJ, Meadows S, Marshall D, Ginsburg GS, Nevins JR, Chute JP. Gene expression signatures that predict radiation exposure in mice and humans. PLoS Med 2007; 4:e106. [PMID: 17407386 PMCID: PMC1845155 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 01/31/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The capacity to assess environmental inputs to biological phenotypes is limited by methods that can accurately and quantitatively measure these contributions. One such example can be seen in the context of exposure to ionizing radiation. METHODS AND FINDINGS We have made use of gene expression analysis of peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells to develop expression profiles that accurately reflect prior radiation exposure. We demonstrate that expression profiles can be developed that not only predict radiation exposure in mice but also distinguish the level of radiation exposure, ranging from 50 cGy to 1,000 cGy. Likewise, a molecular signature of radiation response developed solely from irradiated human patient samples can predict and distinguish irradiated human PB samples from nonirradiated samples with an accuracy of 90%, sensitivity of 85%, and specificity of 94%. We further demonstrate that a radiation profile developed in the mouse can correctly distinguish PB samples from irradiated and nonirradiated human patients with an accuracy of 77%, sensitivity of 82%, and specificity of 75%. Taken together, these data demonstrate that molecular profiles can be generated that are highly predictive of different levels of radiation exposure in mice and humans. CONCLUSIONS We suggest that this approach, with additional refinement, could provide a method to assess the effects of various environmental inputs into biological phenotypes as well as providing a more practical application of a rapid molecular screening test for the diagnosis of radiation exposure.
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- Holly K Dressman
- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Kumar PRV, Mohankumar MN, Hamza VZ, Jeevanram RK. Dose-Rate Effect on the Induction ofHPRTMutants in Human G0Lymphocytes ExposedIn Vitroto Gamma Radiation. Radiat Res 2006; 165:43-50. [PMID: 16392961 DOI: 10.1667/rr-3467.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The influence of dose rate on expression time, cell survival and mutant frequency at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) locus was evaluated in human G(0) peripheral blood lymphocytes exposed in vitro to gamma rays at low (0.0014 Gy/min) and high (0.85 Gy/min) dose rates. A cloning assay performed on different days of postirradiation incubation indicated an 8-day maximum expression period for the induction of HPRT mutants at both high and low dose rates. Cell survival increased markedly with decreasing dose rate, yielding D(0) values of 3.04 Gy and 1.3 Gy at low and high dose rates, respectively. The D(0) of 3.04 Gy obtained at low dose rate could be attributed to the repair of sublethal DNA damage taking place during prolonged exposure to low-LET radiation. Regression analysis of the mutant frequency yielded slopes of 12.35 x 10(-6) and 3.66 x 10(-6) mutants per gray at high and low dose rate, respectively. A dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor of 3.4 indicated a marked dose-rate effect on the induced HPRT mutant frequency. The results indicate that information obtained from in vitro measurements of dose-rate effects in human G(0) lymphocytes may be a useful parameter for risk estimation in radiation protection.
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- P R Vivek Kumar
- Radiological Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam-603 102, Tamilnadu, India
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Vacek PM, Messier T, Rivers J, Sullivan L, O'Neill JP, Finette BA. Somatic mutant frequency at the HPRT locus in children associated with a pediatric cancer cluster linked to exposure to two superfund sites. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2005; 45:339-345. [PMID: 15657919 DOI: 10.1002/em.20101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The somatic mutant frequency (Mf) of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) gene has been widely used as a biomarker for the genotoxic effects of exposure but few studies have found an association with environmental exposures. We measured background Mfs in 49 current and former residents of Dover Township, New Jersey, who were exposed during childhood to industrially contaminated drinking water. The exposed subjects were the siblings of children who developed cancer after residing in Dover Township, where the incidence of childhood cancer has been elevated since 1979. Mfs from this exposed group were compared to Mfs in 43 age-matched, presumably unexposed residents of neighboring communities with no known water contamination and no increased cancer incidence. Statistical comparisons were based on the natural logarithm of Mf (lnMF). The mean Mf for the exposed group did not differ significantly from the unexposed group (3.90 x 10(-6) vs. 5.06 x 10(-6); P = 0.135), but unselected cloning efficiencies were higher in the exposed group (0.55 vs. 0.45; P = 0.005). After adjustment for cloning efficiency, lnMf values were very similar in both groups and age-related increases were comparable to those previously observed in healthy children. The results suggest that HPRT Mf may not be a sensitive biomarker for the genotoxic effects of environmental exposures in children, particularly when substantial time has elapsed since exposure.
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- Pamela M Vacek
- Department of Medical Biostatistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
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Kumar PRV, Hamza VZ, Mohankumar MN, Jeevanram RK. Studies on the HPRT mutant frequency in T lymphocytes from healthy Indian male population as a function of age and smoking. Mutat Res 2004; 556:107-16. [PMID: 15491638 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2004] [Revised: 07/06/2004] [Accepted: 07/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mutant frequency at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) gene in the peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained from 44 healthy individuals (23 non-smokers and 21 smokers) of an Indian male population was studied using T-lymphocyte cloning assay. It was found that lnMF increased with age at a rate of 2.5% per year (P <0.001). Blood samples from smokers showed a significant (P <0.037) increase in HPRT mutant frequency (MF) (10.43 +/- 4.74 x 10(-6)) as compared to that obtained from non-smokers (7.69 +/- 3.69 x 10(-6)). This study also showed a significant (P <0.027) inverse correlation between lnMF and non-selected cloning efficiency (CE). However, with respect to age no variation was observed in cloning efficiency. The results obtained in this study showed a good comparison with those reported in different populations of the world.
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- P R Vivek Kumar
- Radiological Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam-603102, India
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Ono T, Uehara Y, Saito Y, Ikehata H. Mutation theory of aging, assessed in transgenic mice and knockout mice. Mech Ageing Dev 2002; 123:1543-52. [PMID: 12470892 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(02)00090-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A vital question in the mutation theory of aging is whether mutation accumulates with age. If it does, what are the causes and consequences of the accumulation of mutation? The recent development of transgenic mice has made it possible to study mutation in different kinds of tissues and at a molecular level. An application of these mice to the study of age-dependent alteration has revealed that mutation does accumulate in the aging process. Studies have also revealed several important characteristics of mutation associated with aging. (1) The rate of age-dependent increase of mutant frequency varies among different types of tissue. (2) The rate is not in parallel with the cell proliferation rate of the tissue. (3) Some types of mutation are unique to specific tissues, suggesting the presence of a mechanism of mutation relative to tissue type. On the other hand, several kinds of knockout mice defective in DNA repair have been shown to exhibit tissue lesions and shortened life span. These characteristics provide a new view on the relationship between aging and the genome maintenance system. Here we review the current status of research on the correlation between mutation and aging undertaken by the use of transgenic and knockout mice.
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- Tetsuya Ono
- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
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Jones IM, Galick H, Kato P, Langlois RG, Mendelsohn ML, Murphy GA, Pleshanov P, Ramsey MJ, Thomas CB, Tucker JD, Tureva L, Vorobtsova I, Nelson DO. Three somatic genetic biomarkers and covariates in radiation-exposed Russian cleanup workers of the chernobyl nuclear reactor 6-13 years after exposure. Radiat Res 2002; 158:424-42. [PMID: 12236810 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)158[0424:tsgbac]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Three somatic mutation assays were evaluated in men exposed to low-dose, whole-body, ionizing radiation. Blood samples were obtained between 1992 and 1999 from 625 Russian Chernobyl cleanup workers and 182 Russian controls. The assays were chromosome translocations in lymphocytes detected by FISH, hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) mutant frequency in lymphocytes by cloning, and flow cytometic assay for glycophorin A (GPA) variant frequency of both deletion (N/Ø) and recombination (N/N) events detected in erythrocytes. Over 30 exposure and lifestyle covariates were available from questionnaires. Among the covariates evaluated, some increased (e.g. age, smoking) and others decreased (e.g. date of sample) biomarker responses at a magnitude comparable to Chernobyl exposure. When adjusted for covariates, exposure at Chernobyl was a statistically significant factor for translocation frequency (increase of 30%, 95% CI of 10%-53%, P = 0.002) and HPRT mutant frequency (increase of 41%, 95% CI of 19%-66%, P < 0.001), but not for either GPA assay. The estimated average dose for the cleanup workers based on the average increase in translocations was 9.5 cGy. Translocation analysis is the preferred biomarker for low-dose radiation dosimetry given its sensitivity, relatively few covariates, and dose-response data. Based on this estimated dose, the risk of exposure-related cancer is expected to be low.
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- Irene M Jones
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94550, USA.
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Kusunoki Y, Hirai Y, Hakoda M, Kyoizumi S. Uneven distributions of naïve and memory T cells in the CD4 and CD8 T-cell populations derived from a single stem cell in an atomic bomb survivor: implications for the origins of the memory T-cell pools in adulthood. Radiat Res 2002; 157:493-9. [PMID: 11966314 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)157[0493:udonva]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The processes that lead to the establishment and maintenance of memory T-cell pools in humans are not well understood. In this study, we examined the emergence of naïve and memory T cells in an adult male who was exposed to an atomic bomb radiation dose of approximately 2 Gy in 1945 at the age of 17. The analysis presented here was made possible by our earlier observation that this particular individual carries a hematopoietic stem cell mutation at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) locus that is almost certainly a result of his exposure to A-bomb radiation. Our key finding is that we detected a very much higher HPRT mutant frequency in the naive (CD45RA(+)) cell component of this individual's CD4 and CD8 T-cell populations than in the memory (CD45RA(-)) cell component of his CD4 and CD8 T-cell populations. This stands in marked contrast to our finding that HPRT mutant frequencies are fairly similar in the naïve CD45RA(+) and memory CD45RA(-) components of the CD4 and CD8 T-cell populations of three unexposed individuals examined concurrently. In addition we found that the HPRT mutant frequencies were about 30-fold higher in the naïve (CD45RA(+)) CD4 T cells of the exposed individual than in his memory (CD45RA(-)) cell populations, but that the effect was a little less striking in his CD8 cell populations, where the HPRT mutant frequencies were only about 15-fold higher in his naïve T-cell pools than in his memory T-cell pools. We further found that 100% of the HPRT mutant cells in both his CD4 and CD8 naïve cell subsets appeared to have originated from repeated divisions of the initial HPRT mutant stem cell, whereas only 4 of 24 and 5 of 6 mutant cells in his CD4 and CD8 memory cell subsets appeared to have originated from that same stem cell. The most straightforward conclusion may be that the great majority of the T cells produced by this individual since he was 17 years old have remained as naïve-type T cells, rather than having become memory-type T cells. Thus the T cells that have been produced from the hematopoietic stem cells of this particular A-bomb-exposed individual seldom seem to enter and/or to remain in the memory T-cell pool for long periods. We speculate that this constraint on entry into memory T-cell pools may also apply to unirradiated individuals, but in the absence of genetic markers to assist us in obtaining evidential support, we must await clarifying information from radically different experimental approaches.
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- Yoichiro Kusunoki
- Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami Ward, Hiroshima, 732-0815 Japan.
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Thomas CB, Nelson DO, Pleshanov P, Jones IM. Induction and decline of HPRT mutants and deletions following a low dose radiation exposure at Chernobyl. Mutat Res 2002; 499:177-87. [PMID: 11827711 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(01)00272-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of mutation in the hypoxanthine-phosphoribosyltransferase gene (HPRT) to detect radiation-induced mutation in lymphocytes of Russian Chernobyl Clean-up workers, particularly as a function of time after exposure. It is part of a multi-endpoint study comparing HPRT mutation with chromosome translocation and glycophorin A mutation [Radiat. Res. 148 (1997) 463], and extends an earlier report on HPRT [Mutat. Res. 431 (1999) 233] by including data from all 9 years of our study (versus the first 6 years) and analysis of deletion size. Blood samples were collected from 1991 to 1999. HPRT mutant frequency (MF) as determined by the cloning assay was elevated 16% in Clean-up workers (N=300, the entire group minus one outlier) compared to Russian Controls (N=124) when adjusted for age and smoking status (P=0.028). Since exposures occurred over a short relative to the long sampling period, the year of sampling corresponded roughly to the length of time since exposure (correlation coefficient=0.94). When date of blood sample was considered, Control MF was not time dependent. Clean-up worker MF was estimated to be 47% higher than Control MF in 1991 (P=0.004) and to decline 4.4% per year thereafter (P=0.03). A total of 1123 Control mutants and 2799 Clean-up worker mutants were analyzed for deletion type and size by PCR assay for retention of HPRT exons and flanking markers on the X chromosome. There was little difference between the overall deletion spectra of Clean-up workers and Controls. However, there was a decline in the average size of deletions of Clean-up workers as time after exposure at Chernobyl increased from 6 to 13 years (P< or =0.05). The results illustrate the sensitivity of HPRT somatic mutation as a biomarker for populations with low dose radiation exposure, and the dependence of this sensitivity on time elapsed since radiation exposure.
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- Cynthia B Thomas
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-441, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Kusunoki Y, Kyoizumi S, Kubo Y, Hayashi T, MacPhee DG. Possible role of natural killer cells in negative selection of mutant lymphocytes that fail to express the human leukocyte antigen-A2 allele. Mutat Res 2001; 476:123-32. [PMID: 11336989 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(01)00106-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Increased frequencies of cells carrying mutations at several loci have been found in the blood cells of atomic-bomb (A-bomb) survivors upon testing four or five decades after the bombing. Interestingly, though, we have been unable to demonstrate any radiation-associated increases in the frequencies of mutant blood cells in which human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A expression has been disrupted; this is true both of preliminary tests on the T cells of a small subset of A-bomb survivors and of the much more extensive study reported here in which we screened a much larger group of survivors for HLA-A2 loss mutations in B cells and granulocytes as well as in T cells. In attempting to explain our inability to detect any increases in HLA-A2-negative cell numbers in HLA-A2 heterozygous individuals exposed to A-bomb irradiation, we decided to test the hypothesis that HLA-A mutant lymphocytes might well have been induced by radiation exposure in much the same way as every other type of mutant we encountered, but may subsequently have been eliminated by the strong negative selection associated with their almost inevitable exposure to autologous natural killer (NK) cells in the bloodstream of each of the individuals concerned. We now report that mutant B lymphocyte cell lines that have lost the ability to express the HLA-A2 antigen do indeed appear to be much more readily eliminated than their parental heterozygous counterparts during co-culture in vitro with autologous NK cells. We make this claim first because we have observed that adding autologous NK cells to in vitro cultures of HLA-A2 heterozygous B or T cell lines appeared to cause a dose-dependent decrease in the numbers of HLA-A2-negative mutants that could be detected over a period of 3 days, and second because when we used peripheral blood HLA-A2 heterozygous lymphocyte cultures from which most of the autologous NK cells had been removed we found that we were able to detect newly-arising HLA-A2 mutant T cells in substantial numbers. Taken together, these results strongly support the hypothesis that autologous NK cells are responsible for eliminating mutant lymphocytes that have lost the ability to express self-HLA class I molecules in vivo, and may well therefore explain why we have been unable to detect increased frequencies of HLA-A2 mutants in samples from any of the 164 A-bomb survivors whose HLA-A2 heterozygote status made their lymphocytes suitable for our tests.
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- Y Kusunoki
- Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami Ward, Hiroshima 732-0815, Japan.
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Kusunoki Y, Hayashi T, Morishita Y, Yamaoka M, Maki M, Bean MA, Kyoizumi S, Hakoda M, Kodama K. T-cell responses to mitogens in atomic bomb survivors: a decreased capacity to produce interleukin 2 characterizes the T cells of heavily irradiated individuals. Radiat Res 2001; 155:81-8. [PMID: 11121219 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0081:tcrtmi]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Significant decreases in the fraction of lymphocytes that are CD4(+) and increases in serum levels of some classes of immunoglobulin have been reported to occur in atomic bomb (A-bomb) survivors and in victims of the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident. To investigate the long-term effects of nuclear radiation on cellular immunity in more detail, we used limiting dilution assays with peripheral blood mononuclear cell preparations to analyze the T-cell responses of 251 A-bomb survivors exposed to less than 0.005 Gy and 159 survivors exposed to more than 1.5 Gy. The percentages of CD2-positive cells that were capable of proliferating in response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in the presence of exogenous interleukin 2 (IL2) did not differ substantially between distally exposed and more heavily exposed survivors. The heavily exposed survivors appeared to possess fewer T cells that were capable of proliferating in response to concanavalin A (Con A) or of producing interleukin 2. Assuming that CD4 T cells were the ones primarily responsible for producing IL2 in response to Con A, we were able to estimate how many cells in any given CD4 T-cell population were actually producing IL2. The results indicated that peripheral blood samples from heavily exposed survivors contained significantly fewer IL2-producing CD4 T cells than did similar samples from distally exposed survivors, indicating that significant exposure to A-bomb radiation may have a long-lasting negative effect on the capacity of CD4 T-cell populations to produce IL2.
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- Y Kusunoki
- Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
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Ruttenber AJ, Harrison LT, Baron A, McClure D, Glanz J, Quillin R, O'Neill JP, Sullivan L, Campbell J, Nicklas JA. hprt mutant frequencies, nonpulmonary malignancies, and domestic radon exposure: "postmortem" analysis of an interesting hypothesis. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2001; 37:7-16. [PMID: 11170237 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2280(2001)37:1<7::aid-em1001>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The hypothesis that exposure to domestic radon raises the risk for leukemia and other nonpulmonary cancers has been proposed and tested in a number of epidemiologic studies over the past decade. During this period, interest in this hypothesis was heightened by evidence of increased frequencies of mutations at the hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (hprt) gene in persons exposed to domestic radon (Bridges BA et al. [1991]: Lancet 337:1187-1189). An extension of this study (Cole J et al. [lsqb[1996]: Radiat Res 145:61-69) and two independent studies (Albering HJ et al. [1992[: Lancet 340:739; Albering HJ et al. [1994[: Lancet 344:750-751) found that hprt mutant frequency was not correlated with domestic radon exposure, and two well-designed epidemiologic studies showed no evidence of a relation between radon exposure and leukemia in children or adults. In this report, we present additional data from a study of Colorado high school students showing no correlation between domestic radon exposure and hprt mutant frequency. We use reanalyses of previous studies of radon and hprt mutant frequency to identify problems with this assay as a biomarker for domestic radon exposure and to illustrate difficulties in interpreting the statistical data. We also show with analyses of combined data sets that there is no support for the hypothesis that domestic radon exposure elevates hprt mutant frequency. Taken together, the scientific evidence provides a useful example of the problems associated with analyzing and interpreting data that link environmental exposures, biomarkers, and diseases in epidemiologic studies.
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- A J Ruttenber
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 4200 E. Ninth Avenue, Campus Box C-245, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Kusunoki Y, Kyoizumi S, Honma M, Kubo Y, Ohnishi H, Hayashi T, Seyama T. NK-mediated elimination of mutant lymphocytes that have lost expression of MHC class I molecules. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:3555-63. [PMID: 11034355 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.7.3555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mutant cells generated in vivo can be eliminated when mutated gene products are presented as altered MHC/peptide complexes and recognized by T cells. Diminished expression of MHC/peptide complexes enables mutant cells to escape recognition by T cells. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that mutant lymphocytes lacking expression of MHC class I molecules are eliminated by autologous NK cells. In H-2b/k F1 mice, the frequency of H-2Kb-negative T cells was higher than that of H-2Kk-negative T cells. The frequency of H-2K-deficient T cells increased transiently after total body irradiation. During recovery from irradiation, H-2Kk-negative T cells disappeared more rapidly than H-2Kb-negative T cells. The disappearance of H-2K-deficient T cells was inhibited by administration of Ab against asialo-GM1. H-2Kk-negative T cells showed higher sensitivity to autologous NK cells in vitro than H-2Kb/k heterozygous or H-2Kb-negative T cells. Adding syngeneic NK cells to in vitro cultures prevented emergence of mutant cells lacking H-2Kk expression but had little effect on the emergence of mutant cells lacking H-2Kb expression. Results in the H-2b/k F1 strain correspond with the sensitivity of parental H-2-homozygous cells in models of marrow graft rejection. In H-2b/d F1 mice, there was no significant difference between the frequencies of H-2Kb-negative and H-2Kd-negative T cells, although the frequencies of mutant cells were different after radiation exposure among the strains examined. H-2b/d F1 mice also showed rapid disappearance of the mutant T cells after irradiation, and administration of Ab against asialo-GM1 inhibited the disappearance of H-2K-deficient T cells in H-2b/d F1 mice. Our results provide direct evidence that autologous NK cells eliminate mutant cell populations that have lost expression of self-MHC class I molecules.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Cell Survival/immunology
- Cell Survival/radiation effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- G(M1) Ganglioside/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/radiation effects
- Genes, MHC Class I/radiation effects
- H-2 Antigens/biosynthesis
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/radiation effects
- Immune Sera/administration & dosage
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, Inbred NZB
- Mutation/immunology
- Radiation Chimera/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/radiation effects
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- Y Kusunoki
- Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Minami Ward, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Herrero-Jimenez P, Tomita-Mitchell A, Furth EE, Morgenthaler S, Thilly WG. Population risk and physiological rate parameters for colon cancer. The union of an explicit model for carcinogenesis with the public health records of the United States. Mutat Res 2000; 447:73-116. [PMID: 10686307 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(99)00201-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The relationship between the molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis and the actual processes by which most people get cancer is still poorly understood. One missing link is a physiologically based but quantitative model uniting the processes of mutation, cell growth and turnover. Any useful model must also account for human heterogeneity for inherited traits and environmental experiences. Such a coherent algebraic model for the age-specific incidence of cancer has been developing over the past 50 years. This development has been spurred primarily by the efforts of Nordling [N.O. Nordling, A new theory on the cancer-inducing mechanism, Br. J. Cancer 7 (1953) 68-72], Armitage and Doll [P. Armitage, R. Doll, The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis, Br. J. Cancer 8 (1) (1954) 1-12; P. Armitage, R. Doll, A two-stage theory of carcinogenesis in relation to the age distribution of human cancer, Br. J. Cancer 9 (2) (1957) 161-169], and Moolgavkar and Knudson [S.H. Moolgavkar, A.G. Knudson Jr., Mutation and cancer: a model for human carcinogenesis. JNCI 66 (6) (1981) 1037-1052], whose work defined two rate-limiting stages identified with initiation and promotion stages in experimental carcinogenesis. Unfinished in these efforts was an accounting of population heterogeneity and a complete description of growth and genetic change during the growth of adenomas. In an attempt to complete a unified model, we present herein the first means to explicitly compute the essential parameters of the two-stage initiation-promotion model using colon cancer as an example. With public records from the 1930s to the present day, we first calculate the fraction at primary risk for each birth year cohort and note historical changes. We then calculate the product of rates for n initiation-mutations, the product of rates for m promotion-mutations and the average growth rate of the intermediate adenomatous colonies from which colon carcinomas arise. We find that the population fraction at primary risk for colon cancer risk was historically invariant at about 42% for the birth year cohorts from 1860 through 1930. This was true for each of the four cohorts we examined (European- and African-Americans of each gender). Additionally, the data indicate an historical increase in the initiation-mutation rates for the male cohorts and the promotion-mutation rates for the female cohorts. Interestingly, the calculated rates for initiation-mutations are in accord with mutation rates derived from observations of mutations in peripheral blood cells drawn from persons of different ages. Adenoma growth rates differed significantly between genders but were essentially historically invariant. In its present form, the model has also allowed us to calculate the rate of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) or loss of genomic imprinting (LOI) in adenomas to result in the high LOH/LOI fractions in tumors. But it has not allowed us to specify the number of events m required during promotion.
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- P Herrero-Jimenez
- Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 16-743, 21 Ames St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Jones IM, Thomas CB, Haag K, Pleshanov P, Vorobstova I, Tureva L, Nelson DO. Total gene deletions and mutant frequency of the HPRT gene as indicators of radiation exposure in Chernobyl liquidators. Mutat Res 1999; 431:233-46. [PMID: 10635990 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(99)00166-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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This study was conducted to determine the utility of deletion spectrum and mutant frequency (MF) of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase gene (HPRT) as indicators of radiation exposure in Russian Liquidators who served in 1986 or 1987 in the clean up effort following the nuclear power plant accident at Chernobyl. HPRT MF was determined using the cloning assay for 117 Russian Controls and 122 Liquidators whose blood samples were obtained between 1991 and 1998. Only subjects from whom mutants were obtained for deletion analysis are included. Multiplex PCR analysis was performed on cell extracts of 1080 thioguanine resistant clones from Controls and 944 clones from Liquidators. Although the deletion spectra of Liquidators and Controls were similar overall, the Liquidator deletion spectrum was heterogeneous over time. Most notable, the proportion of total gene deletions was higher in 1991-1992 Liquidators than in Russian Controls (chi 2 = 10.5, p = 0.001) and in 1993-1994 Liquidators (chi 2 = 8.3, p = 0.004), and was marginally elevated relative to 1995-1996 Liquidators (chi 2 = 3.3, p = 0.07). This type of mutations has been highly associated with radiation exposure. Total gene deletions were not increased after 1992. Band shift mutations were also increased in the 1991-1992 Liquidators but were associated with increased MF of both Liquidators and Controls (p = 0.009), not with increased MF in 1991-1992 Liquidators (p = 0.7), and hence are not believed to be associated with radiation exposure. Regression analysis demonstrated that relative to Russian Controls HPRT MF was elevated in Liquidators overall when adjusted for age and smoking status (37%, p = 0.0001), and also was elevated in Liquidators sampled in 1991-1992 (72%, p = 0.0076), 1993-1994 (22%, p = 0.037), and 1995-1996 (62%, p = 0.0001). In summary, HPRT MF was found to be the more sensitive and persistent indicator of radiation exposure, but the specificity of total gene deletions led to detection of probable heterogeneity of radiation exposure within the exposed population.
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- I M Jones
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA 94550, USA.
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Grant BW, Trombley LM, Hunter TC, Nicklas JA, O'Neill JP, Albertini RJ. HPRT mutations in vivo in human CD 34+ hematopoietic stem cells. Mutat Res 1999; 431:183-98. [PMID: 10635986 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(99)00161-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The HPRT mutations in T lymphocytes are widely utilized as biomarkers of environmental exposure and effect. The HPRT gene detects a wide variety of mutation types, many of which are similar at the molecular level to those found in oncogenes in cancers. However, it remains to be determined whether the assay for mutations in T lymphocytes is reflective of mutagenic events in tissues or cells which have high frequencies of malignancy in humans. We now demonstrate that the HPRT gene can be utilized to detect mutations in myeloid stem cells, which are frequent progenitor cells of leukemias. This myeloid stem cell assay shows an age related increase in mutation at HPRT and also detects increases in mutant frequency (M-MF) in patients who have undergone chemotherapy. The myeloid mutants are confirmed to have mutations in the HPRT gene by DNA sequence analysis. Increases in M-MF are seen as expected in the clonally unstable myeloid stem cells of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes; however, unexpectedly these patients also have elevated T-lymphocyte mutant frequencies (T-MF). A good correlation is shown between M-MFs and T-MFs in the same patients. Thus, it appears that the T-lymphocyte assay, which is technically much less demanding than the myeloid assay, appears to faithfully represent the frequency of mutagenic events in the myeloid lineage.
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- B W Grant
- Department of Medicine, Vermont Cancer Center & Genetic Toxicology Laboratory, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA.
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Curry J, Karnaoukhova L, Guenette GC, Glickman BW. Influence of sex, smoking and age on human hprt mutation frequencies and spectra. Genetics 1999; 152:1065-77. [PMID: 10388825 PMCID: PMC1460655 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/152.3.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Examination of the literature for hprt mutant frequencies from peripheral T cells yielded data from 1194 human subjects. Relationships between mutant frequency, age, sex, and smoking were examined, and the kinetics were described. Mutant frequency increases rapidly with age until about age 15. Afterward, the rate of increase falls such that after age 53, the hprt mutant frequency is largely stabilized. Sex had no effect on mutant frequency. Cigarette smoking increased mean mutant frequency compared to nonsmokers, but did not alter age vs. mutant frequency relationships. An hprt in vivo mutant database containing 795 human hprt mutants from 342 individuals was prepared. No difference in mutational spectra was observed comparing smokers to nonsmokers, confirming previous reports. Sex affected the frequency of deletions (>1 bp) that are recovered more than twice as frequently in females (P = 0. 008) compared to males. There is no indication of a significant shift in mutational spectra with age for individuals older than 19 yr, with the exception of A:T --> C:G transversions. These events are recovered more frequently in older individuals.
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- J Curry
- Centre for Environmental Health and the Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3N5, Canada.
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Thomas CB, Nelson DO, Pleshanov P, Vorobstova I, Tureva L, Jensen R, Jones IM. Elevated frequencies of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase lymphocyte mutants are detected in Russian liquidators 6 to 10 years after exposure to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Mutat Res 1999; 439:105-19. [PMID: 10029687 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(98)00179-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This study was conducted to determine whether the frequency of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) deficient lymphocyte mutants would detect an effect of radiation exposure in a population of Russians who were exposed to low levels of radiation while working in 1986 and 1987 as liquidators cleaning up after the Chernobyl nuclear power reactor accident. The HPRT lymphocyte cloning assay was performed on peripheral blood lymphocytes collected between 1992 and 1996 from 142 liquidators and 66 Russian controls, and between 1989 and 1993 from 231 American controls. Russian and American controls were not significantly different for either cloning efficiency or mutant frequency (MF); inclusion of both sets of controls in the analysis increased the ability to detect a Chernobyl exposure effect in the liquidators. After adjusting for age and smoking, the results revealed no significant difference in cloning efficiency of Chernobyl liquidators relative to Russian controls but a significant, 24% increase in liquidator HPRT mutant frequency over Russian controls (90% confidence interval was 7% to 45% increase). The analytical method also accounted for differences in precision of the individual estimates of log CE and log MF and accommodated for outliers. The increase in HPRT mutant frequency of liquidators is an attribute of the exposed population as a whole rather than of individuals. These results demonstrate that, under appropriate circumstances, the HPRT specific locus mutation assay of peripheral blood lymphocytes can be used to detect a semi-acute, low dose radiation exposure of a population, even 6 to 10 years after the exposure.
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- C B Thomas
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-452, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Schmidt P, Kiefer J. Deletion-pattern analysis of alpha-particle and X-ray induced mutations at the HPRT locus of V79 Chinese hamster cells. Mutat Res 1998; 421:149-61. [PMID: 9852989 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(98)00159-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To investigate the mutagenic mechanisms of low-energy alpha particles V79 Chinese hamster cells were irradiated with 241Am-alpha particles (mean LET of 112 keV/micron). Parallel experiments were performed using 300 kV X-rays. Cell inactivation and mutation induction cross sections were measured. At approximately 20%--survival level, DNA deletions were analysed at the HPRT locus by multiplex-PCR-analysis of all nine exons of 47 alpha-irradiated and 36 background mutants. 92 HPRT- mutants isolated after 300 kV-X-irradiation were analysed similarly for comparison, along with 15 corresponding background mutants. The resulting mutant deletion-pattern distributions were corrected for background mutations. alpha Particles induced a larger fraction of deletions than X-rays. Furthermore, non-contiguous partial deletions were present among the alpha-induced mutants, a type not found after X-irradiation.
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- P Schmidt
- Strahlenzentrum der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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Ishioka N, Umeki S, Hirai Y, Akiyama M, Kodama T, Ohama K, Kyoizumi S. Stimulated rapid expression in vitro for early detection of in vivo T-cell receptor mutations induced by radiation exposure. Mutat Res 1997; 390:269-82. [PMID: 9186577 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(97)00025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The T-cell receptor (TCR) mutation assay for in vivo somatic mutations is a sensitive indicator of exposure to ionizing radiation. However, this assay cannot be immediately applied after radiation exposure because expression of a mutant phenotype may require as long as several months. In the present study, we eliminate this time lag by stimulating lymphocytes with a mitogen that can accelerate the turnover of TCR protein expression in T-cells. When lymphocytes obtained from healthy donors were irradiated with various doses of X-rays and cultured with human interleukin-2 after phytohemagglutinin (PHA) pulse stimulation, the mutant frequency (MF) of CD4+ T-cells increased dose dependently during the first 7 days, then decreased rapidly due to the growth disadvantage of mutant cells. This suggests that PHA stimulation can shorten the expression time of a mutant phenotype to within a week after radiation exposure. The relationship between radiation dose and TCR MF on the seventh day was best fitted by a linear-quadratic dose-response model. We applied this improved TCR mutation assay to gynecological cancer patients who received 5 days of localized radiotherapy, totaling about 10 Gy. The in vivo TCR MF in the patients did not change within a week after radiotherapy, whereas the in vitro TCR MF of PHA-stimulated lymphocytes from the same patients significantly increased 7 days after initiating culture. The estimated mean radiation dose to the peripheral blood lymphocytes of the cancer patients was about 0.9 Gy, based on the in vitro linear-quadratic dose-response curve. This estimated dose was close to that described in a previous report on unstable-type chromosome aberrations from cervical cancer patients after receiving the same course of radiotherapy. On the basis of these findings, we propose that the improved TCR mutation assay is a useful biological dosimeter for recent radiation exposure.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/radiation effects
- Cell Division/radiation effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Lymphocyte Activation/radiation effects
- Male
- Mutagenesis/radiation effects
- Mutation
- Phytohemagglutinins/pharmacology
- Radiotherapy Dosage
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/radiation effects
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/radiotherapy
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- N Ishioka
- Department of Radiobiology, Hiroshima, Japan
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Akiyama M, Kyoizumi S, Hirai Y, Kusunoki Y, Iwamoto KS, Nakamura N. Mutation frequency in human blood cells increases with age. Mutat Res 1995; 338:141-9. [PMID: 7565869 DOI: 10.1016/0921-8734(95)00019-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Using either the colony formation assay or flow cytometry, it is feasible to measure the frequency of rare mutant lymphocytes or erythrocytes in human peripheral blood. Accordingly, we have investigated the mutant cell frequencies of the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase and T-cell receptor genes in T lymphocytes and of the glycophorin A gene in erythrocytes of several hundred persons aged 0-96 years. The mutant frequency of every one of these genes increased significantly with age. A simple accumulation of mutations in hematopoietic stem cells over time may explain the age-dependent increase in the frequency of glycophorin A mutants. In contrast, a balance between mutant cell generation and loss should be taken into account for the mechanism of the increase of T-cell mutations.
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- M Akiyama
- Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
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